EWU mens’ basketball 2012-13 More mystery may await Hayford in season two

In his first season as the head coach of the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team, Jim Hayford entered some relatively uncharted territory in moving from Division 3 to Division 1.

He did have some senior experience to rely on and he parlayed that to an 8-8 Big Sky Conference finish and 15-17 overall. Eastern hosted and won their first Big Sky Conference Tournament game since 2006. Eastern improved by five victories from the year before.

But in some respects Hayford will still maybe have some winding roads to wander – and maybe encounter the occasional dead-end – until h...